Management Thread Blurst of Times

[sting101]

In the case of 4. The only way we were getting Cozens is by trading Pettersson instead of Miller. Which is a debatable stance to take no matter how we feel about Pettersson's performance this season. Otherwise, maybe you pry him loose but it's costing us Willander and/or Lekkerimaki.

The latter is precisely why we couldn't do much of anything this season trade wise. Practically every team wanted Willander. Now where Allvin and co can be blamed is they put us in a weakened position with our abysmal defense that teams thought they could take advantage.

As for Boeser. If we were supposedly only offered a 2nd, then there's zero chance Aquilini was ever allowing that trade to happen. Even if he did, Allvin is kind of screwed no matter what he does. If he agreed, you can pretty much guarantee half the fanbase is up in arms at the low return.

Unfortunately, Boeser has played so poorly this season he just doesn't have attractive value. Could they have traded Suter? Maybe, but I'd actually prefer they just re-sign him. We really don't have a replacement for what he brings in the bottom six.

I think we have enough attractive pieces to outbid Norris attached to that contract.

As i said think 2-3 yrs down the road not just today. Buffalo certainly didn't get or want a prospect as they stupidly even attached a 2nd rounder to Cozens to bring in a player who was going to be stuck in Buffalo.

Chytil Hronek could have returned not just Cozens but potentially both Cozens and Byram or even Ostlund who would be fantastic with Lekkerimaki DPetey and Willander down the road

 

[racerjoe]

thats the second part of my point, are we restricted to trading with Rangers? if Lafreniere is unattainable, than move on to someone else, someone not Chytil, or another trade partner all together.

The reactionary part is because we are right on the bubble, that factored greatly into how they appraoch the TDL. They also factor how Hughes and the dressing room would react to just dumping Boeser for whatever they can get. Hughes potential extension plays greatly into how they manage their assets these next 2 years. It is a problem, but its something as a fan and as a manager I can see it being 50/50, standing pat or going aggressively rebuild are both feasible paths forward, both approach can lead to favorable results in revenue and fan satisfaction.

All these to say I understand why the TDL played out the way it did. and once again Aqua played a big role.

I dont think they anticipated how badly lost Boeser is minus Miller, they definitely didnt anticipate losing Chytil altogether, they are banking on EP40 breaking out of his slump (which is a big gamble). These are hindsight, in hindsight, we should definitely have dealt Boeser for a 3rd round pick, but not Tulsky's offer of KK and our top prospect for that 1st.

Were we restricted... unknown. Heard it both ways.

Being reactionary is what cost Vancouver, and to a lesser degree a team like the Canes, who had interest in Boeser. just because you are close does not mean you can't have talks. You don't need to make a move before the deadline... but create that market. Plus management should know more than us.

We are semi close... I do feel as I noted in my first post, I would not have traded our players for nothing. We get good assets back or we don't trade them. Don't bend. That is again why we needed to be proactive.

I don't include losing Chytil into this. I am talking about what we knew at the TDL... and even before. Hughes was out for more than a month. Petey was badly struggling, Demko has been gone for most of the season. There is lots of reasons why conversations should have been had, again not meaning moves were needed earlier, just more proactive.